Chandrayaan 2 Success  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was in Kolkata when he said that Chandrayaan 2 was not a failure as it had successfully generated curiosity amongst the youth. He insisted that scientific discoveries might not be of immediate help to the present generation but could be beneficial in the future.

Chandrayaan-2 successfully achieved a major milestone as the spacecraft entered the Moon's orbit this morning. Nearly a month after taking oath as Karnataka chief minister, following the collapse of the Congress-JD(S) coalition, BS Yediyurappa formed his Cabinet with 17 ministers. Former Union minister P Chidambaram who faces arrest in the INX media case failed to gain an audience in the Supreme Court after the Delhi HC dismissed his anticipatory bail plea. Watch MyNation in 100 seconds for the top headlines from across the country.

 

Chandrayaan-2 has been precisely injected into the lunar orbit and has been hailed as a major landmark by ISRO chief K Sivan. On August 19, at 3 pm, Chandrayaan-2 entered the moon's influence and has since been under the gravitational influence of the moon

Lunar Orbit Insertion (LOI) maneuver was completed successfully today (August 20) at 0902 hrs IST as planned, using the onboard propulsion system